County of Cromartyshire

Geography
Area - Total - % Water	Ranked 21st 260,276 acres (1053 km²) ? %
County town	Cromarty
Chapman code	ROC1

Cromartyshire (Siorrachd Chromba in Gaelic) was a county in the north of Scotland, consisting of a series of enclaves within Ross-shire. Ross-shire and Cromartyshire were organised as a single county of Ross and Cromarty in by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889, which was itself replaced by the Highland region in 1974. The only burgh in the county is the county town, Cromarty. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... This article explains the meaning of area as a Physical quantity. ... This is a list of traditional counties of Scotland ordered by area. ... A county town is the capital of a county in Ireland or the United Kingdom. ... Location within the British Isles. ... Chapman codes are largely a superset of the ISO 3166-2:GB and BS 6879 codes identifying administrative divisions in the United Kingdom, Ireland and their surrounding islands, but covering historical divisions. ... Note: This page contains phonetic information presented in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) using Unicode. ... The administrative counties of Scotland in 1974 The term Counties of Scotland can variously refer to the Traditional counties of Scotland The former administrative counties of Scotland, which were abolished in 1975. ... Motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within Europe Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Ross-shire (Siorrachd Rois in Gaelic), or simply Ross, is a traditional county of Scotland bordering on Sutherland, Cromartyshire (of which it contains many enclaves), Inverness-shire and on an exclave of Nairnshire. ... Ross and Cromarty: administrative county (1889-1975) Image:RossCromDistrict. ... The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1888 (52 & 53 Vict. ... The Highland unitary authority area (Roinn na Gàidhealtachd in Gaelic) is a local government area in the Scottish Highlands and the largest local government area in Scotland. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... A sign in Linlithgow, Scotland. ... A county town is the capital of a county in Ireland or the United Kingdom. ... Location within the British Isles. ...

The Local Government Act 1889 provided that "the counties of Ross and Cromarty shall cease to be separate counties, and shall be united for all purposes whatsoever, under the name of the county of Ross and Cromarty."

The nucleus of the county consists of the lands of Cromarty in the north of the peninsula of the Black Isle. To this have joined from time to time various estates scattered throughout Ross-shire, most notably the districts around Ullapool and Little Loch Broom on the Atlantic coast, the area in which Ben Wyvis is situated, and a tract to the north of Loch Fannich - which was acquired by the ancestors of Sir George Mackenzie (1630 - 1714), afterwards Viscount Tarbat (1685) and 1st Earl of Cromartie (1703). Desirous of combining these sporadic properties into one shire, Viscount Tarbat contrived to procure their annexation to his sheriffdom of Cromarty in 1685 and 1698, and the area of the enlarged county now amounts to nearly 370 square miles (958 km²). Location within the British Isles. ... Peninsula A peninsula (from Latin paene insula, almost island) is a geographical formation consisting of an extension of land from a larger body, surrounded by water on three sides. ... The Black Isle (Scottish Gaelic: an t-Eilean Dubh) is an eastern area of Ross and Cromarty. ... Ross-shire (Siorrachd Rois in Gaelic), or simply Ross, is a traditional county of Scotland bordering on Sutherland, Cromartyshire (of which it contains many enclaves), Inverness-shire and on an exclave of Nairnshire. ... Ullapool is a small town in the County of Cromartyshire in the western Scottish Highlands. ... The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest ocean, covering approximately one-fifth of the earths surface. ... Ben Wyvis is a mountain located in eastern Scotland, north-west of Dingwall. ... George Mackenzie (1630 - 1714), 1st Earl of Cromartie, 1st Viscount Tarbat, was a Scottish statesman. ... The title of Earl of Cromartie was created in 1861 for the Duchess of Sutherland, with a remainder to her second son. ... A sherrifdom is a judicial district in Scotland. ... Events February 6 - James Stuart, Duke of York becomes King James II of England and Ireland and King James VII of Scotland. ... Events January 4 - Palace of Whitehall in London is destroyed by fire. ...

Towns and villages

Major towns

• Cromarty
• Ullapool

Smaller towns & villages Location within the British Isles. ... Ullapool is a small town in the County of Cromartyshire in the western Scottish Highlands. ...

• Achduart, Achiltibuie, Alnessferry, Ardmair, Ardnagoine
• Badenscallie, Balblair, Barbaraville, Brae of Achnahaird, Braes of Ullapool
• Camusnagaul, Cullicudden
• Dundonnell
• Inver
• Jemimaville
• Kildary, Kilmuir
• Lochslin
• Milton, Morefield, Mount High
• Newmills
• Polbain, Polglass, Portmahomack
• Reiff, Resolis, Rhives, Rhue
• Springfield

Achduart is a cluster of five houses too small to be termed a village. ... Achiltibuie is a long linear village in the County of Cromartyshire, on the Coigach coast of North Western Scotland, overlooking Loch Broom and the Summer Isles which lie to the west. ... Founded in 1790, Balblair Distillery is the second oldest working distillery in the industry. ... Jemimaville is a small village overlooking the Cromarty Firth; it has approximately 23 houses and around 100 inhabitants. ... Kildary is a small village in Easter Ross, Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland. ... Portmahomack is a small fishing village in Easter Ross, Scotland. ...

Footnotes

¹ Ross-shire with Cromartyshire

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